From: NPR
It’s A Duel: How Do Violent Video Games Affect Kids?
NPR:
Scientists have long clashed over whether violent video games have an adverse effect on young people. Indeed, the conclusions of different groups of researchers are so contradictory they could give a tennis umpire whiplash.
The Supreme Court recently overturned a California ban on violent video games. The court said that video games, even offensive ones, were protected by the First Amendment, and that there wasn’t clear evidence that playing games such as Grand Theft Auto and Postal really harmed people.
So what explains the vehement disagreements among scientists about the effects of these games? The irony is that scientists who think the games are harmful and those who think they’re not are both looking at the same evidence. They just see two different things.
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